Republicans created more government

When one looks at federal (nonmilitary) employment over the years, it is surprising to find that the Republican party is the creator of big government versus the Democratic party.

When you look at the size of the government (nonmilitary) during Presidents Carter, Clinton and Obama's tenures, they have reduced the size of the federal government by 336,000 (Obama has reduced federal employment by 160,000) people while Presidents Reagan, G. Bush and G.W. Bush have increased the size of the federal government by 261,000 people. The federal government (nonmilitary) size under Obama is less than it was under President Carter.

Obama has "walked the walk" in reducing government spending. Romney is "talking the talk" and is certainly out of step with his party's actions.

The probability of the Romney/Ryan ticket reducing the size of government does not jive with the past party facts.

Robert Bacher, Fort Collins

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Republicans created more government

When one looks at federal (nonmilitary) employment over the years, it is surprising to find that the Republican party is the creator of big government versus the Democratic party.